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E. KIRBY. Broom;

Patented June 22,1880.

(80 Model.)

.fliie y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ELIJAH KIRBY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO CLARENCE BUTTER, OF SAME PLACE.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,146, dated June 22, 1880. Application filed March 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH KIRBY, of Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of brooms; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrange- IO ment of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and which shows my invention in perspective, A represents a suitable broom-head, through thecentral part of Whichis bored the transverse hole or orifice o, for the reception of the handle B, which projects through the lower face of the head, and has bound to it the tuft of short broom- 2o corn 0.

b b are two or more holes or orifices made transversely through the head on each side of the central hole, 0, which holes I) are inclined outwardly, for the purposes hereinafter ex- 2 5 plained, and receive the inclined pins a, se-

cured therein in any suitable manner, and pro jectin g below the lowerface of the broom-head.

D D represent tufts of short broom-corn bound to the projecting ends of the pins to be- 0 low the head.

It will be observed that in my construction the lower end of the handle, projecting below the lower face of the broom-head, and to which the tuft of broom-corn C is attached, performs 3 5 the same function as the pins, in addition to its function as a handle, and that the tuft of broom-corn attached to its lower end prevents the handle from being drawn out of the head. By reason of the inclination of the holes I) and I pins to outwardly the latter are more securely held in the head, and the spaces between the projecting end of the handle and pins are increased in width, so that the broom-corn tufts will not crowd each other and a greater amount 5 of broom-straw may be used in each tuft, and p the latter are made to spread laterally, so as to give greater width to the broom than it would possess if the pins were inserted vertically in the head.

The broom-corn tufts C D, after having been attached to the lower end of the handle and the lower ends of the pins to, as above described, are secured together by a cross-row of stitching, (II.

By this manner of construction I am able to produce a full-body broom from short stock, while at the same time I save considerable, as it takes but about two-thirds as much material to make the broom as when formed in the usual manner.

If desired, the broom may be covered with a thin layer of longer stock, as in the ordinary manner of finishing brooms. v

I am aware that Whitewash-brushes have been constructed in which the head is provided with a groove in its lower face for the reception of detachable strips to which the bristles are attached, and I therefore lay no claim, broadly, to such construction, my invention being confined to the particular construction V and arrangement of the parts as claimed.

What I claim as my invention is- In a broom, the combination, with the head A, having the central transverse orifice, 0, and side orifice, b, inclined outwardly, of the handle B, projecting below the head, pins a, inclined outwardly, and broom-corn tufts C D, secured together by a cross-row of stitching, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand this 24th February, 1880.

his ELIJ AH KIRBY.

mark. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, GEORGE KIRBY. 

